WordPress is the most popular content management system in the world. What makes it great is the community which maintains it.
There has been an active WordPress community in Switzerland for many years, with the first national event taking place in 2014. Since then, activity has increased exponentially, both nationally and in exchange with colleagues from all over the world. This website is both a showcase and resource for the Swiss community.
WordCamp Europe 2025
The Swiss WordPress Community was delighted to play host to WordCamp Europe in 2025.
What is WordPress?
WordPress is an open-source piece of software, which users can download and use to build websites and web apps. The software, its plugins and its themes — with which site owners can use to control the style of their website — have been continually maintained since 2003. Because WordPress is open-source, there is no license fee to pay: the downloadable version of the software is free to use.
WordCamps and meetups
Regular meetup events and conferences around topics relevant to WordPress take place all over Switzerland. Most events are free of charge and run by localised groups, who meet to talk about everything to do with WordPress. We’re a diverse, friendly and welcoming community, and everyone – with any level of knowledge – is welcome to join us.
Blog posts
This is a collection of recent articles and blog posts we’ve collated from a number of third-party websites, all of which relate to WordPress.
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Roadmap for WordPress 7.0 and schedule, commands for the Command Palette, Gutenberg 22.3, and more — Weekend Edition 353
Read this post: Roadmap for WordPress 7.0 and schedule, commands for the Command Palette, Gutenberg 22.3, and more — Weekend Edition 353Hi there, Welcome to our last edition for the year 2025. I am not ready to reflect on the whole year, however, I am excited for 2026. There will be many new features coming to WordPress with the three major releases and also plenty of bug fixes and quality-of-life enhancement towards consistency. The first edition…
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Recap Q1/2025 Meetup Zürich
Read this post: Recap Q1/2025 Meetup ZürichAm Zürcher WordPress Meetup am 10. März 2025 teilte Michael Sutter, WordPress-Frontend-Ingenieur und langjähriger Community-Aktiver, seine Erfahrungen zum Thema WordPress-Sicherheit. Sein Fokus: effektive Prävention statt später Schadensbegrenzung. Michael betonte, dass Prävention viel mehr sei als regelmässige Backups – sie ist eine ganzheitliche Denkweise. Die Zusammenfassung und die Videoaufzeichnung findet ihr weiter unten. Im zweiten Vortrag…
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Word Switcher: Extending Core Blocks with Interactivity
Read this post: Word Switcher: Extending Core Blocks with InteractivityLearn to build a smooth word-switching effect in WordPress by combining four key APIs: HTML API for markup transformation, Interactivity API for animations, Format API for editor controls, and JavaScript Modules for efficient code—all without external libraries.
Slack discussion channel
In order to give WordPress developers, designers and content creators a free virtual place to hang out between meetups, we started a free Slack channel for WordPress Switzerland in 2016. Slack is a chat room in which members exchange knowledge, share links, and get to know other developers across Switzerland.
To join the channel, first sign up on the WordPress community website at make.wordpress.org/chat/ and register your account. You’ll automatically receive a free email address @chat.wordpress.org – with it, you can then register for the WordPress Switzerland channel at wpch.slack.com.
